A third-grade girl in an Anderson Elementary School uniform looks excited yet a little apprehensive as she takes her turn swinging at the ball perched on top of a batting tee. She chokes up high on the bat, takes aim. It's a swing and a miss. “That's okay,” says Kevin Lugo, a kinesiology major who plays first base for California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) baseball team. “Try again.” He places another ball on the tee. The girl wipes the hair out of her eyes, pulls the bat way back and let's it rip, smashing the ball into a net a few feet away. The girl smiles and jogs to the back of the line before another kid steps up. For some, the Division of Kinesiology and ... Read More
New International Students Welcomed to Campus
With food, dance and a very social and unique round of bingo, 34 new international students were welcomed to California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) by the College of Extended and International Education (CEIE) during its International Student Welcome Reception on Sept. 23. The festivities included remarks from CEIE Dean Kim McNutt, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ellen Junn, and Acting Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs William Franklin. The event included “International Bingo”–an interactive game designed to help students get to know each other–presentations, and student dance and musical performances. “Today shows the great ... Read More
CSUDH Professors Featured, Utilize NBC Learn’s Online Platform
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is the latest campus to contribute to the California State University (CSU) system's growing collection of informative and educational videos posted on NBC Learn's Campus Perspectives collection. Produced by the College of Extended and International Education's Mediated Instruction and Distance Learning division, CSUDH's video, "Dig It: Anthropology Students Search for History in the Soil," features Professor of Anthropology Jerry Moore and his students conducting archaeological field research at the nearby historic Dominguez Rancho Adobe in order to better understand daily life at the rancho during the 1800s and to search for evidence ... Read More
Strategic Plan Town Hall Provides Campus Feedback Opportunity
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty, staff and students joined campus administrators on Sept. 22 for a town hall meeting to discuss the first draft of the university's 2014-2020 Strategic Plan and provide feedback for the plan's final development stages. The approximately 200 attendees who gathered in the Loker Student Union Ballroom were encouraged to provide both verbal comments and weigh in through text messages and online polling that measured the priority of each goal's objectives and strategies. The feedback will be considered by the University Planning Council (UPC), which will be making recommendations to university President Willie J. Hagan and his ... Read More
College of Business Tests Google Glass in Academic Setting
As its faculty and students literally gaze into the future, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will be among the first universities in the nation testing Google Glass as a wearable technology that may enhance student learning. The university will be the first in the U.S. to test the device on a large scale in an academic setting. David Zakariaie, founder and CEO of Glassic, a company that creates industry-specific platforms for Google Glass, met with College of Business Administration and Public Policy (CBAPP) Dean Joseph Wen and faculty chairs on Sept. 11 to demonstrate Google Glass, field questions about the technology, and discuss classroom applications. The ... Read More
